Note-Taking For Consecutive Interpreting: A Sho...

"Often referred to as the contemporary compendium of consecutive interpreting, this book covers everything you always wanted to know about note-taking." - Andrea Alvisi, Attitude Translations

Note-Taking for Consecutive Interpreting: A Sho...

I am so thankful to have found David Violet and his consecutive/note-taking course! David is a seasoned professional and pedagogue. His course is so thoughtfully designed and all concepts are clearly explained. It has allowed me to reactivate my dormant consecutive skills and regain confidence in myself. I have performed long consecutive for some recent assignments and now, thanks to this course, I no longer dread or fear it -- I actually look forward to it!" And I think it has helped me with my sim as well. Focusing less on words and more on synthesis and meaning!

Training StrategyThe workshop offers a structured progression of subject-matter explanations, scenario-based interpretation activities, and memory-building/note-taking exercises. Realistic scenarios serve as the basis for active interpreting exercises. Facilitators incorporate consecutive interpreting exercises throughout the workshop with a view to analyzing and improving practice through self-assessment, peer feedback, and facilitator-provided diagnostic assessment.

Final Learning OutcomesStudents show greater competence and confidence in preparing for interpreting events and employing a blending of memory-improvement techniques and note-taking skills in order to interpret consecutively while providing accurate renditions of informal and formal speech.

To facilitate the process of consecutive interpreting, professional interpreters typically use a special system of note-taking. In the approaches developed on the basis of practical interpreting experience, these notations are commonly regarded as a note-taking technique, and in relevant specialist literature they are often conceived as a language-independent instrument. Against the background of a cognitive approach, however, it can be shown that the socalled note-taking TECHNIQUE can adequately be described by means of the theoretical constructs LANGUAGE and DISCOURSE. The language dimension is explored with regard to word meanings, word formation and inflection, semantic relations at sentence and text level as well as pragmatic functions. The discourse dimension is mainly discussed from the perspective of relevance theory with a particular emphasis on the balance between the explicit and the implicit.

Although our consecutive interpreting note-taking lessons and courses can certainly be completed on their own, we highly recommend taking advantage of our live advanced note-taking practice meetings to familiarize yourself with overarching concepts and put your skills into practice with your peers. We have meetings at regular intervals and if you happen to miss a meeting (or are joining InterpreMed now) you can view recordings of all past meetings on your own time. 041b061a72